Glenn Chertow

Research Description: Dr. Chertow is a heralded clinical investigator with a productive research program focused on improving care for persons with acute and chronic kidney disease (CKD) especially in the setting of diabetes. His research interests include clinical epidemiology, health-services research, decision sciences and clinical trials in acute and chronic kidney disease. Dr. Chertow has served or is currently serving in leadership roles for NIDDK, NHLBI, and VA-sponsored cohort studies and clinical trials, including HEMO, CRIC, DAC, HFMC, ATN, FHN, SPRINT, PRESERVE, ISCHEMIA, CURE-GN and TiME, and for several industry-sponsored clinical trials including TREAT, EVOLVE, BEACON and SYMPLICITY. Dr. Chertow served on the Data Safety and Monitoring Board for a series of dapaglaflozin clinical trials, and for several other clinical trials of investigational drugs for diabetes and diabetic kidney disease. Dr. Chertow was elected to the Association of American Physicians and to the National Academy of Medicine in 2015. He has also trained and mentored scientists and members of the Stanford DRC, including Drs. T. Chang and V. Bhalla.